Post * jxj — Curious Curator

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TIL 30 Japanese hornets can take down 30000 European honey bees.

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xVKe5 TIL that David Hahn, the "Radioactive Boy Scout" was arrested in 2007 when someone saw him stealing a smoke detector. A search of his apartment found 16 more. Smoke detectors were one of the items he used to get the radioactive material to build the breeder reactor in his mom's shed in 1994.

E1dNd TIL After Reagan watched the movie WarGames he asked “Could something like this really happen?” to his chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and a week later the general returned and said “Mr. president, the problem is much worse than you think.”

V870 TIL instead of signing their name on official documents, Japanese people carry around a unique stamp called a hanko which serves as their signature.

4Xnna TIL Julius Caesar was kidnapped by pirates at 22. During his capture he demanded the kidnappers more than double his ransom. Once released, he captured the pirates and had them imprisoned and crucified as he had promised to them during his captivity.

JJxB TIL The Korean text in “The Interview” poster says, “"The war will begin”, “Do not trust these ignorant Americans!” and “Awful work by the ‘pigs’ that created Neighbors and This Is the End.”